Japanese manga artist. Born in Hirakata City, Osaka Prefecture.

In 1989, he won Runner-Up Award at the 12th Afternoon Shikishou Awards. In 2011, he began serializing “Prisoner Riku” in Weekly Shonen Champion (Akita Shoten). The series gained a large following both domestically and internationally. The manga became a long-running series spanning 30 volumes.

In April 2025, he began serializing the manga adaptation of “Hikuidori: Ushu Boro Tobi-gumi,”(Oedo Fire Slayer-The Legend of Phoenix-) a novel by Naoki Prize-winning author Shogo Imamura. The story is set in Japan’s Edo period and depicts the dramas of fire fighters. Its digital manga will be available in North America in summer 2025.